Analysis of The Fate of a Harpist
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
There is women, yer Worship, of various kinds:
An' some of 'em's fluffy a' foolish,
An' some is sispicious an' mean in their minds,
An' others fair set-like an' mulish.
There is some, as I owns, is real kind - tho' not many,
As maybe yer Worship 'as coped with - if any.
But wot can you do with a woman wot 'arps?
I am arskin' the Bench, as a man an' a male
Wot sticks to 'er subjeck an' cavils an' carps,
Wot won't be put orf it, but 'ammers an' 'arps
Till you rock like a ship in a gale.
I'm a plain, placid man, an' me patience is vast;
But the patience of angels gits wobbly at last.
For she 'arps on me 'abits, she 'arps in me ears,
She 'arps on me cricket an' listenin' in;
She 'arps an' she 'arps, till I'm full of strange fears;
For I knows there's no end once I 'ear 'er begin.
So, am I to be blamed if I rise in me passion
An' seek for to send 'er where 'arpin's the fashion?
For wot can you do with a woman wot 'arps?
I slung 'er bokays while me 'anger was 'ot.
I was full to the teeth of 'er flats an' 'er sharps;
So I slung 'er bokays, while she 'ammers an' 'arps
(An' them flowers was till in the pot.)
Well, I needn't say more; for she's told all the rest.
But I craves yer man' mercy; an' 'opes for the best.
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Metre | 111011011001 111110010 111111011 11011111 1111111111110 110110111110 11111101011 11101101101 111011111 1111111111 111101001 101101111011 1010110110011 11111111011 111110110 11111111111 111111111001 1111111110110 11111011010 11111101011 1101111011 111101101111 1110111111 111011001 111011111101 111111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,208 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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